Clinical Audit Tool

Clinical Audit Tool

CAT allows you to: provide high quality patient care, be in complete control of your own patient information, identify patients in high risk target groups, improve practice revenue and meet accreditation requirements... and that’s just the beginning!

Provide high quality patient care

Identify your patients with incomplete information eg those with no allergy or smoking status recorded

Identify your patients who have either not had a pap smear recorded, or no pap smear in the last 4 years

Identify the drug treatment profile of CHD patients within the practice population, those CHD patients
with high blood pressure or those who have not had a BP reading in the last 12 months

Identify your diabetic patients with a HbA1c > 7% or who have not had a HbA1c in the last 12 months

Target your patients on more than 5 medications to offer a home medicines review.

Be in complete control of your own patient information

You no longer have to rely on an external agency to provide you with your own summarised patient data

Investigate and identify population health issues that are specific to your own practice

Population data does not leave the practice without your consent

Push bulk reminders and recalls to mail merge or SMS

Don't be restricted by set searches, use CAT to form your own ad hoc queries

Identify patients in high risk target groups

Identify who your patients are that are NOT diagnosed with Diabetes or CHD, yet... are 45 years and over, and are smokers, and are overweight, and have an elevated BP

Identify which of your patients with diabetes and CHD are smokers and overweight

Instantly produce your Diabetes and CHD registers

Quickly and easily undertake population searches to identify undiagnosed chronic disease patients with significant or multiple risk factors

Identify patients with specific medication and condition co-morbidities (eg. who are my CHD patients taking Warfarin and Aspirin?)

Improve practice revenue

Identify outstanding Diabetes Cycle of Care items for each of your diabetic patients

Identify your eligible female patients who have not had a Pap Smear in 4 years or more

Identify which patients are appropriate for immunisations enabling you to call them into the practice and generate revenue

Create a list of patients who are eligible for the 45-49 year old health check and recall them month by month

By exploring your practice population you can identify the tasks that might be completed by an additional practice nurse. CAT is a ready-made business case!

Meet accreditation requirements

Be able to show how you address the management of chronic conditions, including identifying high risk patients

Undertake 'rapid' CPD or PDSA activities to explore how your practice can address gaps in care

Ensure that your allergy recorded status is above 90%

Ensure that your patient demographic information is entered and correct

Address health summary information such as current health problems, risk factors and immunisation